Partition wall edge construction



Aug. 9, 1932. 1 L. LEVI-:NE 1,870,579

PARTITION WALL EDGE CONSTRUCTION Filed March 9, 1931 kul#- i Id i MW

Patented Aug. 9, 1932 narran STA LOUTSA L. LEVENE, OF MERRICK, NEW YORKPARTITION WALL EDGE CONSTRUCTION Application filed March 9, 1931.

rl`his invention relates in general to partie tion walls of the typehaving separate or structurally independent wall sections which may beassembled together to form the parti- 5 tion wall, or which may bedisassembled rela tively to one another and removed as separated units.rllhe invention relates more particularly to means embodied orincorporated in the partition wall construction for forming a tightlyclosed joint along an edge of the partition wall with the surface of awall or the like oiE a building. y

Wlhile the invention is specifically shown in the accompanying drawingas incorporated in a vertical edge portion ot a sectional partitionwall, it is to be understood that the invention is similarly applicable,in accordance with the same principle, along a horizontal ec ge portionof a partition wall, such as at the ceiling or the floor. Also, ofcourse, the invent-ion may be likewise carried out in an edge portion ofa partition wall along the vertical or substantially vertical surface orwall of a column, or along the wall surface formed by a horizontalbeam-or stringer.

Although the invention is shown in the drawing as carried out in asectional partition wall constructed mostly of sheet metal, it isadaptable to being similarly carried out, in accordance with the sameprinciple, in a partition wall'construction ot wood, either in whole orin part, or of other suitable materials, or combinations thereof.AReference will now be had more particui larly to the carrying out ,ofthe invention as disclosed in connection with a vertical wall ot abuilding. Such walls are most com.- monly not flat or plane,particularly in the vertical direction between floor and ceiling,

'o but at some places bow outward and at other places inward, in more orless irregular contour, forming undulations in the wall surtace. It aclose tight-fitting joint of the upright edge of the partition wall isnot made with this uneven wall surface, cracks will be lett throughwhich light will shine and an unsightly appearance will result.

Heretofore commonly in partition wall construction the junction or jointof the 11p- 10 right edge ot the partition wall with the wall Serial No. 521,226.

surface ot the building has been formed in part by means of arectangular upright strip or bar ot wood, secured to the wall of thebuilding by means of screws or nails. The first post or other form ofupright for sup-V porting the panels is set out in the room any suitableor conveniently spaced relatively short distance from the wooden uprightbar, tor` example, about ten inches. A pair of spaced full length panelsor iiller pieces are then used to lill the space between this post or.Vupright and the wall ofthe building, where they are disposed at theopposite sides of the wooden bar or strip.

The edges ot these liller pieces must be cut as nearly as possible tofit the irregular or uneven contour; of the surface of the wall. Insheet metal construction that is particularly diiicult and, in tact, hasproved practically impossible. Such panel members or filler pieces arecommonly technically known as scribers, probably because their edgemargins must be scribed, on a scribing block or otherwise, and cut to acontour which is comf plementary to the undulatory wall surface, This isa slow, difficult and expensive pro,- cedure which usually culminates inan imperfect and unsightly joint. Moreover, it has been foundpractically impossible accurately to ylit the wood upright bar to theuneven wall so it will hug the wall surface closely at all points.- Thusat some places cracks will be lett open through which light can pass,and such, illuminated cracks are particularly unsightly,

An object of this invention is to provide a partition wall edgeconstruction by which a @105e fitting ysealed joint, impervious to thepassage of light, is formed with the wall surface of the building andwhich also ,has a neat appearance and presents a tine finish. Anotherobject in this connection is' to provide means by which automaticadjustment in part will take place together with means for effectingadjustment in a larger measure, particularly with respect to the largerundulations in the contour of the surface oi the wall ofthe building.Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear.

In carrying out the invention, along'the lines illustrated in thedrawing, a straight stiff upright frame bar forms an edge or terminalstile alongside of and adjacent to the wall surface of the building. Ifdesired in any particular frame bar or stile may have the ends of crossrails secured to it, such as a base rail, a cornice, as well asintermediate rails. It may mop board on the wallyV It may or may notextend all of the way up to the ceiling, for example, it may stop at ausual cornice rail if so desired.

Alony rits side remote from the building y wall thls upright edge framebar is provided in that respect.

The upright stile bar may be of either woodl or metal, such as sheetmetal formed to a suitable shape. For example, in such a sheet metalconstruction, the sealing strip,

v which may be of soft rubber or of integrated com ressed felt', may beof a U shapewith its anges telescopically received in a vpair of deepgrooves formed by outer flanges on the bar, and the edge portionof thescriber panel may be received in an intermediate or middle deep groovebetween the grooves for the flanges on the strip. In such case, themeans for adjusting the strip may be carried bythe bar at the bottom ofthe panel groove,

- to engage with the web of the sealing strip between its flanges. Theinvention .also further includes various features of construction andcombinations of parts, 'as will appear yfrom the following description.

One embodiment of the invention, shown in the accompanying drawing, willnow be particularly described, and thereafter the invention ,will bepointed out in claims, reference now being had to the drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is aside elevation, partly broken away, of a partition wallconstruction in which the invention is embodied:

Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial horizontal section taken on the line 2-2of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a somewhat less enlarged disassembled perspective view of theupper end portions of a sheet metal edge stile or upright bar, togetherwith a soft rubber U- sha ed sealing strip which cooperates therewit andFig. 4 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2

installation this uprightv extend down to the lioor or it may terminateat the top of a usual base board or stance is indicated as having ametal framework. For example, this sectional partition wall constructionmay be considered as being substantially similar to that disclosed in mycopending application for Patent Serial No. 478,675, filed August 29,1930, for a partition wall construction, although it is to be clearlyunderstood that the sectional partition wall in which this invention isembodied does not necessarily need to be at all of that construction.

However, for convenience of description, it may be assumed that theillustrated sectional partition wall is substantially of theconstruction above noted. Thus the sectional partition wall shown in thedrawing may.

include a main panel-supporting upright comprising a left hand stilemember 1 and a right hand stile member 2, which may be detachablyconnected together, and the vertical joint between which may be coveredat opposite sides of the wall respectively by a pilaster or face plate3. The end of an intermediate cross rail 4 is shown as joined to theright hand stile 2. A lower panel 5, in-

dicated as being made of opaque material, is

joined to and in part supported by the right hand stile 2 and the lowerside of the cross rail 4. Above the cross rail 4 a glass panel 6 isshown as held in place by moldings 7 which are held by the right handstile 2 and the cross rail 4.

For convenience of manufacture and installation, in the sectional wallconstruction shown, the main panel-supporting upright,

comprising the parts 1, 2 and 3, is shown as spaced a convenientdistance inward from Ya vertical permanent wall 8 of the building. Theleft hand stile 1 of the panel-holding upright holds in place theadjacent outer edge of a filler panel or scriber 9 which is utilized forclosing the space between the stile 1 and the inner surface of thebuilding wall 8, this filler panel 9 thus, of course, forming a verticalmargin or edge portion of the assembled sectional partition wall. Thisscriber or filler panel 9 may desirably be of the laminated compositeconstruction which is shown in Figs. 2 and 4. This scriber panel member9, as there shown, comprises three layers or plies which may beconveniently connected together, for example by means of an interiooVposed adhesive, so as thereby to constitute a unitary panel member.This panel mem ber as shown comprises outer facing plates 1 0 of sheetmetal, such as steel, and an intermediate thicker layer 11 which may beformed of asbestos. 'It may be mentioned that the above noted opaquewall panel 5 may also be of a composite construction similar to thefiller panel or scriber 9.

The present invention is more particularly concerned with the making ofa closely fitting and tightly sealed joint between the outer edge of thescriber or iiller panel 9 and the adj acentinner surface of the wall 8of the building. In thus carrying out the invention in accordance withthe construction shown in the drawing, a sheet metal uprightframe barforms an outermost stile for holding and retaining in place the outeredge of this filler panel 9, together with means in accordance with theinvention for providing a close littin tightly sealed joint between thisupright rame bar or stile and the adj acent inner surface of the wall 8,this inner surface of such a wall as 8 commonly being of more or lessuneven contour or ot an undulatory character, for example, such as isshown for the surface of the wall 8 in This panel-holding stile orupright frame bar shown in the drawing is constructed in one piece fromsuitably heavy and adequately strong sheet metal, such as steel. Thisupright stile bar, as a whole or complete entity, is shown in thedrawing (Figs. 2 and 4) as of substantially rectangular transverse shapeand of greater width in the plane of the partition Wall than it hasthickness in a direction perpendicular to or transversely through suchwall. This panel-holding and supporting stile bar shown in the drawingcomprises four suitably spaced substantially parallel wall portions 12,13, 14 and 15 disposed in vgeneral in planes parallel with that of thepartition wall as a whole. The two inner or intermediate wall portions13 and 14 are show/n as somewhat more widely spaced from one anotherthan the outer wall portions or flanges 12 and 15 are spacedrespectively from the adjacent intermediate wall portions 13 and 14.

At the left hand or outer side of this sheet metal upright frame bar thetwo intermediate wall portions 13 and 14 are connected together by'meansof an intervening web 16, while at the other or along the inner side ofthis frame bar the front wall portion or flange 12 is similarlyconnected to the next adjacent intermediate wall part 13 by means of anintervening web 17,'and the other or rear flange wall 15 is in likemanner connected by means of an intervening web 18 with the adjacent orrearmost intermediate Wall part 14, all as clearly shown in the drawing,particularl-y in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. Thus it will be seen that the twointermediate wall parts 13 and 14, together with their connecting web16, form a deeply slotted middle channel or groove in and running alongthe inner side of the upright frame bar, while by reason of theirconnecting webs 17 and 18, the front and rear flange walls 12 and 15form a pair of deeply slotted outwardly opening channels or grooves withthe respectively adjacent intermediate wall parts 13 and 14. The

cordingly, this frame bar is originally made so that its spaced wallportions '12, 13, 14 and 15 will have a tendency to spring together,that is, each towards its next adjacent neighbor, along the open sidesof the deep channels or grooves formed between these wall parts, asabove described, this normal tendency thus to spring together beingclearly indicated at the top in Fig. 3. Y Therefore, anything which maybe snugly inserted into these grooves will be gripped and a closed jointformed therewith. The free edges ofthe flanges 12 and 15 are shown asprojecting outwardly somewhat beyond the outer side of the intermediateweb 16. These free edge portions of the flanges 12 and 15 are slightly`angled inwardly towards each other to form narrow gripping lips 19 and20.y

At suitably spaced intervals along its length the intermediate web 16 ofthis frame bar has tongues 21 cut out therefrom. In the originalmanufacture of the frame bar these cut out tongues are left in orsubstantially in llat alignment with the web 16, and later, in making aninstallation of the sectional partition wall, these tongues 21 are bentor struck outwardly from the web 16, to a greater or less extent ofprojection individually, as may be required, for a purpose which willpresently be described, and as shown in the drawing. While these tonguesare rather l stift', due to the considerable thickness yof the sheetmetal, they are slightly yieldable and are resilient. These tongues maybe spaced tive or six inches apart, for example, in the longitudinalseries thereof.

In further carrying out the invention, in the embodiment thereof` shownin the drawing, a substantially U-shaped sealing strip is provided,comprising a web portion 22 having wide flanges 23 and 24 projectingtherefrom, l

these flanges being slightly beveled or cham- ;tered on their outersides so as to taper gradually towards their edges, as shown in thedrawing. This sealing strip should desirably be formed of rather softsomewhat yeldable resilient material. For example, the sealing stripshown in the drawing is composed of a firm quality of soft rubber, whichhas been found to serve the urpose excellently. However, other suitab ematerials may be used, for example, felt. It will be noted that both theweb 22 and the flanges 23 and 24 are of considerable thickness. c

In the assembled partition wall edge construction the wide flanges 23and 24 are telescoped into the respective deeply slotted channels yorgrooves formed by the flanges 12 and 15 of the frame bar, with the innerside of the sealing strip web 22 then adjacent to the outer side of theframe bar web 16, from which it ma be caused to be spaced more or lessat d1fferent places along its length l means of the outwardly benttongaies 21.

owever, the sealing strip is thus first initially assembled with theframe bar before the tongues have been thus bent out. The straight framebar may then be secured to the building wall 8, to extend adjacent toand alongside of its more or less uneven undulatory surface, by means ofa few screws 25 which pass outwardly through the web 16 of the framebar, through the web 22 of the sealing strip, and screw into anchorblocks 26 which are inserted or embedded in the wall structure 8 of thebuilding.

Then, by means of a punch or other suitable tool, the tongues 21 arestruck out and bent against the web 22 of the sealing strip, therebyforcing it firmly against the undulator surface of the wall 8, so that aclosely fitting sealed joint is formed therewith throughout the lengthof this sealing strip, as shown in Figs. l, 2 and 4. It will be notedthat some of these'tongues 21 will require to be thus bent out onlyslightly, or perhaps not at all, while others are thus bent to a greaterextent, kas indicated throughout the drawing, but shown more clearly inFigs.` 2 and 4. Thns'these bendable tongues 21 constitute adjustingdevices for the sealing strip. It has been found that as much asan inch in unevenness or yvariation from a plane in the surface of abuilding wall such as 8 may be tightly closed and sealed by means of theconstruction shown in the drawing. Even if some wall of a buildingshould present a perfectly flat or plane surface, still the constructionshown would be highly advantageous for forming therewith a tightlyclosed and sealed joint.

In this assembled telescopic relation of the sealing strip and framebar, the slightly inturned lip edges 19 and 2() of the frame bar areresiliently pressed against the fianges 23 and 24 of the sealingstrip,.to make a close joint therewith. Theouter edge portion of thescriber or filler panel 9 is snugly received and held in the inwardlyopening deeply slotted channel or groove between the two intermediatewall portions 13 and 14 ofthe frame bar and is'resiliently rippedtherein to form a close joint therewiti.-

While the partition wall ed e construction shown in the drawing and aove described has proved to be eminently practicaland effective, it willbe clear to those skilled in the art that the idea of the inventioncould be more or less effectively carried .out in various otherparticular constructions, even though some of these on the whole mightbe somewhat le advantageous. A few such possible modifications might bebriefly noted, in a general way. The frame bar might be made uptransversely of a plurality of two or more pieces connected together invarious lways. Both the frame bar and the sealing strip might be of adifferent shape transversely. In fact, a frame bar ofthe constructionshown might be turned around with its opposite side towards the wall 8.In such case a sealing strip would take the place of the ypanel 9 andcould be outwardly provided with a sealing head in more or less of a Tshape, which could be pressed against the wall surface by bending thetongues 21 in the opposite direction, while a pair of spaced panelmembers forming scriber-s could be received Vwithin the flanges 12 and15 of the frame bar.

Also in any case, instead of these bendable tongues 21, other forms ofadjusting devices could be employed. Such modified adjusting means, forexample, might be made operable from the remote edge of the scriberpanel, adjacent to the stile 1 of the main upright. It will be furthernoted of the construction shown that the sealing strip may be adj usted,either unequally, as shown, or uniformly throughout its lengthrelatively to the adj acent frame bar, for taking up space with the wall8, alon vthe entire length of the frame bar and sealing strip. It isevident that this latterl kind of adjustment couldbe madeat the stile1,through` adjusting means which would force both the scribery panel andthe sealing strip towards the wall. As another example, a partition walledge frame bar could be formed directly on projecting edge portions ofthe face plates l0 of the scriber panel 9 in the same piece therewith,and could be shaped to receive the flanges 23 and 24 of the sealingstrip substantially inthe sameway as shown in the drawing. In fact,various modificationsmay bev made in the construction shown in thedrawing and above particularly described, within the principle and scopeof the invention, which is defined in the appended claims. A v c Iclaim:

1.` In a partition wall, the combination of a straight stiff barincorporated in an edge portion of said partition-wall adjacent to andalongside of a wall surface of a building structure, a sealing strip ofsofty resiliently yieldable material interposed betweensaid bar and saidsurface so as to follow the clontour of the latter therebyto provide atightly closed jointk between said bar and surface, and means foradjusting said sealing strip along its length so as to move ittransversely relatively to said bar thereby to follow said surfaceirrespective of undulatory `irregularities in the contour thereof.

2. In a partition wall, the combination of a straight bar incorporatedin an edge portion of said partition wall adjacent to and to extendalongside of a wall surface of a building, a sealing strip conformableto the contour of said surface and having transverse interengagingtelescopic relation with said bar so that said strip may follow thecontour of said surface while atthe same time remaining in engagementwith said bar, and means acting between said bar and said strip foradjusting the latter to the contour of said surface and relativelyto-said bar transversely thereof and substantially perpendicular to saidsurface said sealing strip being of soft resiliently yieldable materialso that in cooperation with said adjusting means the said sealing stripmay readily conform to and follow smaller as well as largerirregularities in the contour of said surface.

3. VIn a partition wall, the combination of a straight stiff barincorpo-rated in an edge portion of said partitiony wall adjacent to andtoy extend alongside of an uninterrupted surface of. a buildingstructure, a sealing strip of soft resilient material interposed betweensaid surface and said bar and having transverse vinterengagingtelescopic relation with .said bar to enable said strip to follow thecontour of said surface, and a longitudinal series of adjusting devicescarried by said bar and operable to force said strip against saidsurface so as to form atightly closed joint therewith while at the sametime forming a tightly closed joint with said bar.

4. In a partition Wall, the combination of a straight stid bar to extendadjacent to and alongside of an unbroken surface of a buildingstructure, said barbeing provided with means to'receive and hold a panelalong the side of said bar remote from said surface and said bar alongits side adjacent to said suryface being provided with means for holdinga sealing strip in transverse telescopic-relation therewith relativelylto said surface, a deformable sealing` strip to conform to the contourof said surface in cooperating relation with said latter means of saidbar, and a series `of concealed adjusting devices carried by said baralong its length and operable to forceA said sealing strip against saidsurface to produce a tightly closed joint therewith while at the sainetime maintaining a closed joint with said bar.

5. In a partition wall, the combination of a straight stiff bar toextend adjacent to and alongside of an unbroken surface of a build-'ingstructura said bar being provided with means to receive and hold apanel a-longthe side of said bar remote from said surface and said baralong its side adjacent to said surface being provided with means forholding a sealing strip in transverse telescopic relation therewithrelatively to said surface, a deformable sealing strip to conform to thecontour of said surface in cooperating relation .with said latter meansof said bar, and a series of concealed adjusting devices carried by saidbai' along its length and operable to force said sealing strip againstsaid surface to produce a tightly closed joint therewith while at thesame time maintaining a closed joint with said bar, said sealing stripbeing formed of soft resiliently yieldable material whereby incombination with said adjusting devicesk said strip may follow smalleras Well as larger irregularities in the contour of said surface.

6. In a partition wall, the combination of a sealing strip at an edge ofsaid partition wall, said strip being deformable and of soft resilientmaterial so as to conform to both major and minor irregularities in thecontour of the adjacent surface of a building structure along the lengthof said strip, a panel member extending away from said strip at the sidethereof remote from said surface, frame means for the panel along theedge of said panel adjacent to said strip for supporting the latter andholding it against said surface in conforinit to the contour `of saidsurface, and a longitudinal series of manually actuatable adjustingdevices cooperating with said strip and its said holding means andoperable to press said strip against said surface along the length ofsaid strip thereby to produce a tightly closed joint between said istrip and said surface irrespective of irregularities in the contour ofthe latter along the length of said strip.

7. In a partition wall, the combination of a straight stiff bar toextend adjacent to and alongside of an unbroken surface of a buildyingstructure, said bar along its side remote from said surface beingprovided with means -to receive and support the edge portion of anadjacent panel and said bar along its side adjacent to said surfacehaving therein a deep longitudinal groove which opens towards saidsurface, a deformable sealing strip to conform longitudinally thereof tothe contour of said surface and having a portion remote im from saidsurface which telescopically enters said groove in said bar, and aseries of adjusting devices carried by said bar longitudinally thereofand operable to press said strip out of said groove and against saidsurface in conformity with the contour of the latter so as thereby toform a tightly closed joint between said bar and said surface.

8. In a partition wall, the combination of a straight stiff bar toextend adjacent to and ,no

alongside of a surface of a building structure,

l 45 strip in said` air of grooves in said bar, said said bar havinglongitudinally along its side adjacent to said surface a pair of spaceddeep grooves opening towards said surface and 'having along its sideremote from said surface a panel-receiving groove, a transverselyU-shaped sealing strip the flanges of which telescopically enter saidspaced grooves and the web portion of which extends along said surfacein contact therewith and in conformity to the contour thereof, saidstrip being deformable along its length so as to conform to the contourof said surface, and a series of adjusting devices on said barbetweensaid spaced grooves and engageable with the web of said strip to pressit against said surface in conformity with the contour of the latterthereby to produce a tightly closed joint therewith as well as also withsaid bar byreason of the telescopic relation of said flanges of thestrip in said pair of grooves in Ysaid bar.

9. Inva partitionwalljthe combination of a straight stiff bar to extendadjacent to and alongside of a surface of abuilding structure, said barhaving longitudinally along its lside adjacent to said surface a pair ofspaced deep grooves opening towards said surface and having along itsside remote from said surface a panel-receiving groove, a transverselyU-shaped sealing strip the flanges of which telescopically enter saidspaced groovesy and the web portion of which extends along said surfacein contact therewith and in conformity to the contour thereof, saidstrip being deformable along its length so as to conform to the contourof said surface, and a series of adjusting devices on said bar betweensaid spaced grooves and engageable with the web of said strip to pressit against said surfaceiin conformity with the contour of the latterthereby to produce a tightly closed joint therewith as well as also withsaid bar by reason of the telescopic relation of said flanges of thestrip being ormed of resiliently yieldable material thereby to bereadily deformable and also whereby said strip may adjust itselfautomatically to the smaller irregularities in the contour of saidsurface. i

10. In a'partition wall, the combination of a sheet metal frame barcomprising four spaced substantially parallel wall portions connectedtogether by three intervening webs thereby to provide a single middledeep slot Yat one side of such bar to receive a panel and to provide apair of laterally spaced deep slots at the other side of said bar, and aresiliently yieldable sealing strip of substantially U shape the flangesof which are telesco ically received respectively in the two slots osaid pair.

11. VIn a'partition wall, the combination of a sheet metal frame barcomprising four spaced substantially parallel wall portions connectedtogether by three interveningl webs thereby to provide a single middledeep slot at one side of such bar to receive a panel and to provide apair of laterally spacedy deep slots at the other side of said bar, aresiliently -yieldable `sealing strip of substantially U shape theflanges of whichare telescopically received respectively in the twoslots of said pair, and means carried by said frame bar in cooperationwith the web which forms the bottom of its panel-receiving slot and withthe adjacent web of said sealing strip for adjustably `varying theextent ofk the telescopic relation permitted of said sealing strip withsaid frame bar. 'n 12. In a partition wall, the combination of a sheetmetal frame bar comprising four spaced substantially parallel wallsconnected together by three intervening websthereby to provide a singlemiddle deep slot atone '8"5 side of such bar yto receive apanel and toprovide a pair of laterally spaced deep slots at the other side of saidbar, ya resiliently yieldable sealing strip of substantially U shape theflanges of which are telescopically "90 received respectively in the twoslots of said pair, and a longitudinally spaced series of tongues struckoutward from the middle web of the frame bar which is adjacent Vto theweb of said sealing strip and to ybe individualu ly bent outward more orless for thereby Spacing the web of the sealing strip more or less asmay be desired from said web of the frame bar, whereby the outer side ofthe web of this sealing strip may be pressed closely against 3D0 a wallsurface irrespective of irregularities in the contour of suchwallsurface.

. 13. In a partition wall, the combination of a substantiallyrectangular sheet metal frame bar which as a whole is of less thicknessin a direction transversely through said wall than its width in theplane of said wall and which comprises four substantially parallel wallportions which are spaced from one another to a less extent than theirwidth in n*H0 the plane of said partition wall and having threeintervening webs connecting together t-hek successively adjacent wallportions of said bar so as thereby to form three deep grooves ,uparallel with the plane of said partition wall, H5 and-a longitudinallyspaced series of tongues cut out from the middle or intermediate web ofsaid frame bar to be bent at will to a greater or less extent out of theplane of said web from which they are cut. v

l 14:.V In a partition wall, the combination of a sealing stripincorporated in an edge portion of said partition wall, said sealingstrip being conformable to irregularities in the contour of the adjacentsurface of a building structure along the lengthof said strip, andmanually actuatable adjusting means independent of said strip itselfoperable to force said Strip against saidjsurface to follow ir- 3130regularities in the contour thereof and make a tight joint therewith.

15. in a partition wall, the combination of a sealing strip incorporatedin an edge portion of said partition wall, said sealing strip beingconformable to irregularities in the contour of the adj aeent surface ofa building structure along the length of said strip, a panel memberextending away from said strip at the side thereof remote from saidsurface, frame means along the edge of said panel adjacent to said stripfor supporting both said panel and said strip, and manually aotuatableadjusting means operable to move said strip relatively to said framemeans so vo e as to force said strip against said surface to follow thecontour thereof and make a tight joint therewith.

ln witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my signature.

LOUIS L. LEVENE.

